Ferenc Hirt

Ferenc Hirt
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2006
Personal details
Born 1967
Pincehely, Hungary
Political party Fidesz (since 2005)
Profession businessman, politician
The native form of this personal name is Hirt Ferenc. This article uses the Western name order.

Ferenc Hirt (born 1967)[1] is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Tamási (Tolna County Constituency V) since 2006.[2] He is the first physically disabled MP in the history of Hungarian parliamentarism.

Biography

Hirt studied in Tamási and Szekszárd. He obtained a vocational diploma in 1985. After that he worked for the Építőipari KTSZ as an electrician. He moved to the manufacturing unit of Orion Electronics in Tamási. In 1988, he suffered a car accident, resulting forced to wheelchair.[1]

He joined Fidesz in 2005. He was elected to the National Assembly during the parliamentary election in 2006. He is a member of the Committee on Youth, Social, Family, and Housing affairs since May 30, 2006.[2] He also chaired Subcommittee on Equality and Disability between 2007 and 2010. He became a member of the Tamási municipal council in 2010.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Register". Országgyűlés.